Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye! - The challenge of establishing and future proofing sheep farming in Scotland. An NSA Scottish Region webinar.
Date: 27th May 2021
Time: 8pm
Location: Online - Zoom webinar
NSA Scottish Region invites you to an evening webinar to discuss resilience in the early years of establishing a sustainable farming business whilst horizon scanning new Scottish agriculture policy. Join NSA Scottish Region Chair, Jen Craig, NSA Scottish Region Coordinator Grace Reid, NSA Scot Sheep Hosts Robert and Hazel Mc Nee and Brian Richardson, Head of Agriculture, Virgin Money on Thursday 28th May at 8pm via Zoom.
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Speakers:
Jen Craig, NSA Scottish Region Chair
Jen farms in South Lanarkshire with her parents on an upland hill farm with approx. 1,000 ewes which are predominantly Scottish Blackface with a few North Country Cheviots. She was a previous NSA Next Generation Ambassador in 2014 before being elected the NSA Scottish Region Chair in 2019.
Robert and Hazel McNee, NSA Scot Sheep Hosts
Robert and Hazel farm at Over Finlarg Farm, Tealing, By Dundee. Their flock amounts to 1110 ewes which consists of hill-type North Country Cheviots, Cheviot Mules, Scottish Blackface and Blue Faced Leicesters. The farm also supports a well-known beef enterprise of pedigree cows including Luings, Limousins, Simmentals and Charolais.
Brian Richardson, UK Head of Agriculture, CYBG PLC
Brian has spent all his career in Agribusiness the majority of that time he has been running businesses and farm cooperatives across the UK, latterly as CEO of the H&H Group at Carlisle, the UK largest livestock marketing business before joining the Virgin Money (formerly Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank) in 2018 as head of Agriculture. A Nuffield Scholar, he is passionate about seeing the UK have a successful farming industry and farmers recognised for the challenging job they do.
